I am very happy with the students who prepared well for the quiz on Tuesday! Those of you who missed class can have a copy of the quiz next week.
Here is a link to the three articles about Castel Nuovo, Castel dell'Ovo, and Virgil, if you couldn't find it:
Castles and Virgil
We'll talk about your quiz results on Tuesday - see you then!
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Dear Mrs Pickens I just read the other two legends of Virgil the magician and Myth and history surrounding Castel dell'Ovo.
here is my comment about Virgil the magician:
1 Publio Virgilio Marone (70-19 B.C.),is a magician and benefactor of Naples, is said to have hidden an egg somewhere in the Castel dell’Ovo. This egg was put in a glass jar and then inside an iron box. The fate of the city was linked to the egg: if it ever got broken, disaster would strike.
2 Virgil also had a remedy for safeguarding the city from volcanic eruptions. He built a statue of a man with bow and arrow poised ready to fire and aimed at the mouth of the volcano. The remains of a Roman Villa in Marechiaro, near the areas of Gaiola and the Pausilypon Villa, is still known as “The House of Spirits”, or “Virgil’s School”, the place there the poet was traditionally supposed to have initiated his pupils in the arts of magic.
3 The Neapolitan origins of the Virgil legend, according to some experts, can be traced back to the French rather than to Naples, and was linked to the fact that Virgil was supposed to be buried here according to tradition. His tomb now forms part of the visitors’ tour of the small park behind the church of Santa Maria di Piedigrotta, near the Mergellina railway station.
I'm sending you the summary about "Virgil the Magician".
During the middle ages was born the theory of Virgil as a Magician. Virgil is very important for Naples, as many legends are connected to him. It’s said that Virgil had hidden an egg somewhere in the Castle dell’Ovo, that was kept in a glass jar and then in a iron box. If the egg ever got broken, a terrible doom awaited the city. Some Virgil’s feats were written in a letter from the chancellor of Emperor Arrigo VII, Corrado di Querfurt. He made a bronze horse which could cure horses, a fly to remove insects from the city and he built an abattoir in which the meat was preserved for a long time. He built a statue of a man with bow and arrow poised in direction of the mouth of the volcano to defend the city from volcanic eruptions. We can visit the Virgil’s tomb in a small park behind the church of Santa Maria di Piedigrotta near Mergellina railway station.
Mirella Marzano
112000253
Dear Mrs Pickens I talk about"Naples underground".
Naples is formed from the city below and one above that have developed simultaneously.
Underground Naples is one of the most mysterious places in the world. within the city there are secret passageways, cisterns, catacombs, aqueducts. one of the main access is located in Piazza San Gaetano. no one knows who started digging, however, date back to ancient time of the Cimmerians, skilled miniaturists from the Caucasus and says that these people lived in underground caves called Argillae. in the third century BC The Greeks opened the first underground quarries to extract the necessary blocks of tufa walls of their Neapolis. but the development of the network of underground began in Roman times with the first changes to the topography of the area. during the Second World War, became a huge underground Naples and effective bomb shelter.In Via Sant'Anna di Palazzo there is another access to the Naples underground. while, in the Via Anticaglia, in the old city, through a "low" to access the ruins of an ancient Roman theater.
Dear MR Pickens i talk about " Virgil the Magician"
Publio Virgilio Marone (70-19 B.C.), a latin poet, became associated with mysticism and magic powers.
Virgil, said to have hidden an egg somewhere in the Castel dell’Ovo. This egg was put in a glass jar and then inside an iron box. The fate of the city was linked to the egg: if it ever got broken, disaster would strike.
Virgil also had a remedy for safeguarding the city from volcanic eruptions. He built a statue of a man with bow and arrow poised ready to fire and aimed at the mouth of the volcano. The remains of a Roman Villa in Marechiaro, is still known as “The House of Spirits”, or “Virgil’s School .
We can see his tomb in a small park behind the church of Santa Maria di Piedigrotta, near the Mergellina railway station.
Giada Sammarco 112000091
Dear MR Pickens i talk about "Myth and history surrounding Castel dell'Ovo"
On Megaride islet stands the Castel dell'Ovo which takes its name from a legend of a magic egg that is capable of preserving the city and the population from disasters. It was brought here by Virgil, a famous latin poet. With the arrival of the Romans, the island became part of the villa of the commander Lucio Lucullo, who introduced fruit trees from Persia and Cerasunto. With Valentiniano III, the villa was transformed into a fortress used later by Odoacre to lay the last western emperor Romolo Augustolo. In the fifth century Byzantine monks settled on the island and then there was the arrival of Santa Patrizia, fled from Constantinople because she wouldn’t marry. In 1139 Ruggero il Normanno gave rise to the fortress called Castel dell 'Ovo, which then became the Angioini seat of Chambers and state prison. In 1370 the castle was struck by a tsunami that brought down the two towers. With this event there was too much panic for the people because the egg, again introduced by Giovanna I d’Angiò, was lost.
Rosaria Reale 112000288
Dear Mrs Pickens I talk about "Virgil the Magician"
Publio Virgilio Marone (70-19 B.C.), was a great Latin poet. Also called the magician Virgil because the esoteric and magical powers were him attributed. Many miracolose companies have been associated with him: the legend says that he has hidden in the Castel dell'Ovo an egg in a vial and the fate of the city depended on its safety, also said that he also had a remedy to defend the city from the eruptions of Vesuvius. The remains of a Roman building in Marechiaro is still known as the "palace of the spirits" or "School of Virgil" a place where according to tradition, the poet would teach the magic arts to his disciples. Also according to the traditions attributed to Virgil is the creation of baths capable of curing.
The origin of these legends date back to the French , but linked to Naples, the city of his burial. Today you can visit the “tomb” in the little park behind the church of Santa Maria di Piedigrotta.
Rosanna Coppola 112000398
Dear Mrs. Pickens will speak of "Virgil the Magician"
Virgil,the great Latin poet,magician and benefactor is said to have hidden in the Castel dell'Ovo an egg placed in a glass jar.He made a bronze horse that takes care of sick horses and has produced a fly that could free the city from its insect.Virgil had a remedy to protect the city from a volcanic eruption, has built a statue of a man with a bow and arrow ready to fire, aiming at the mouth of the volcano.
Filomena Testa 112000373
Rosa Fico 112000354
May 13, 2012
Dear Mrs Pickens
My summary of The Castrum Novum:
The Castrum Novum also called Maschio Angioino, was built by Carlo D'Angiò in 1279.
This castle was at the centre of the political and intellectual life of this period.
Giotto decorated the most important rooms in the Maschio Angioino but his frescoes have disappeared.
Later the castle became a place of dark legends linked to the two queens Giovanna.
One legend tells about a crocodile that ate Giovanna's lovers. Another legend tells about the prison of the castle in fact, during the Aragonese dinasty there was a conspiracy of the Barons agoinst King Ferrante D'Aragona.
It is failed because the King discovered the plot and had the Barons all arrested.
ROBERTA CRASTO 112000052
Publio Virgilio Marone (70-19 B.C.)
1)is a magician and benefactor of Naples, is said to have hidden an egg somewhere in the Castel dell’Ovo. This egg was put in a glass jar and then inside an iron box.
2 He built a statue of a man with bow and arrow poised ready to fire and aimed at the mouth of the volcano.
3 The Neapolitan origins of the Virgil legend, according to some experts, can be traced back to the French rather than to Naples, His tomb now forms part of the visitors’ tour of the small park behind the church of Santa Maria di Piedigrotta, near the Mergellina railway station
Filomena Testa 112000373
May 14, 2012
Dear Mrs Pickens
This is the summary of The Castrum Novum.
The Castel Nuovo, known as Maschio Angioino, is among the most important symbols of Naples and is one of the most famous castles in Italy.
Carlo d’Angiò did not find a house that he liked, he decided to build himself a palace fortress on the sea. Work began in 1279 and was entrusted to french architects. In 1294 the castle was home to Pope Celestino V, who abdicated after a while, in favor of Bonifacio VIII.
The Maschio Angioino was also a place of intellectual creativity, during the reign of Roberto il Saggio, which attracted around if Petrarca and Boccaccio.
Made three Giotto frescoes in the castle, unfortunately now lost.
Between the fourteenth and fifteenth century, after the death of the king, ascended the throne two queens, belonging to the family of Angioni and both were named Giovanna. The queens rather than for their work, went down in history for their alleged love affairs.
Giovanna I d’Angiò became heir to the age of 18, he had four marriages and several lovers. Giovanna II was queen of Naples from 1414 until his death in 1435. Ascended the throne at the age of 41 years, when it was already a widow, it is said that he had several flaws, including many lovers, who once served their purpose, were thrown into a pit and eaten by a crocodile.
Another popular legend is linked to the dungeons of the castle. The "crocodile pit" was an environment where condemned prisoners were locked up in the harshest penalties, from an opening came a crocodile biting and dragging them into the sea.
The Aragonesi made the castle their home political and cultural. Alfonso d’Aragona, once ascended the throne, he restored the castle by Guglielmo Sagrera.
The ancient Sala Maior was the scene of the conspiracy of the barons against king Ferrante d’Aragona, in 1486. Discovered the plot, the king invited the conspirators to dinner and poisoned them.
No one knows where the story begins and ends the legend, but what makes the Maschio Angioino even more interesting.
Simonetta Gaudino
272000103
Conservazione e restauro dei beni culturali
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